99% documentation quality on a BREEAM project: How Seltor did it.

On the Filipstad Brygge revitalisation project in Oslo, general contractor Seltor achieved something very few BREEAM projects manage: a 99.1% assessment rate across 4,991 products, 549 chemicals under control, and 46 subcontractors consistently submitting documentation through the same system.

Filipstad Brygge 1 is a major revitalisation project for Storebrand Asset Management in central Oslo. Both buildings are being certified under BREEAM In-Use, but the client has selected different requirement sets in Cobuilder: Building A uses the BREEAM-NOR 2016 filter (with requirements for product documentation, hazard labelling and substitution obligations), while Building B is assessed against chemical requirements and the EU Taxonomy.

When we asked Kanwar Pankaj, Environmental Manager at Seltor, about the key to their success, he highlighted four things they do consistently – not just at Filipstad Brygge, but across all their projects:

Continuous involvement throughout the project, combined with clear requirements in the client’s Environmental Management Plan (MOP).

At the outset, everything is clear: the building is to be BREEAM-certified. HEA 02 must be secured. The requirements are in place.

Then the construction phase begins. Products are substituted. Deliveries are adjusted. Subcontractors make purchases. Questions start to arise: Does the product have the correct emissions documentation? Does it meet the VOC requirements? Where is the documentation – and who has the full overview?

What was supposed to be about indoor air quality quickly turns into a puzzle of PDFs, emails and manual follow-ups. Not because of a lack of commitment, but because the flow of information is not structured.

Kanwar Pankaj ·

Environmental Manager, Seltor

When we asked Kanwar for his best advice to other contractors, his answer came down to five practical steps. What surprised us most wasn’t the advice itself – it was the order in which he gave it.

Getting the sequence right means having standards in place before contracts are signed. It means connecting subcontractors to the project before products are brought in. And it means defining roles and responsibilities before the first environmental inspection. Reverse that order, and the project faces an uphill battle for the rest of the construction phase.

We’ve brought together all five recommendations in the exact sequence Kanwar follows – along with the details from Filipstad Brygge 1 – in the full customer story.

In the PDF, you’ll get:

All four principles in full, with practical examples from Building A and Building B.

Kanwar’s five recommendations, in the sequence that actually works.

How Seltor uses Cobuilder to manage two different sets of requirements within the same project.

A practical checklist you can use in your next BREEAM project.

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